Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-07-07
MISS wILLARp's LECTURE

Mrs. w. y. Stone,
SEC'Y.. ............ Mrs Z N. Jones.
TREAS. ....t,,... Mrs. G. L. Harper
MISS wILLARD's LECTURE.
June so came and with it Miss Will
lard's lecture in Lancaster. Long be-
fore the hall was opened, the audience
for Miss Willard began to assemble, al
the door, crowding and filling the space
of the walk far down the street. By 8
o'clock the hall was filled, all had noticed
the For GoD AND HOME AND NATIVE
LAND that cleaned in pure white letters
above the stage, which was draped with
Red White and Blue. and all had eagerly
watched the appearance of the speaker.
The personal appointment of the stage
was perfect. At the left was Rev. r.
Pengllly, who opened the service with
prayer; Rev. S. S. Grinnell, who read a
temperance psalm; Rev. S. ID. Pulford,
who gave the closing service, and Mrs.
Pulford, our presidents. who introduced
the speaker, and at the right were our
four vice-presidents. The choirs of all
our churches united in singing All hail
the the power of Jesus name and the
audience heartily sang with them.
Miss Wizards presence is so charm
ing that it is hard to occupy ones eyes
note taking, and she speaks so rapidly
that only shorthand can take all that
she says, nor is one column long enough
for it all. She knows temperance argu-
ments pro and con, SO thoroughly that
she uses no notes or references.
Miss Willard addressed, members of the
Womans' Christian Temperance Union
and kind friends She introduced her
lecture by giving description and anal
ogy awakened by her contemplation OF
a picture in Rome, Guido's famous rep
resentation of the archangel Michael
overcoming his enemy. The picture is
wonderful emblem of the lowers OF
darkness and light and seems to me
now, as have studied a copy of it hang.
ing in my room for years, wonderful
analogy to our temperance cause, in
its modern aspect of gospel temperance
in its conflict With its terrible enemy, the
liquor traffic. The temperance ange
comes upon its enemy with its down
gliding sword of law and thus armed
cdpG pie the temperance reform asks 9
hearing. Beside speaker and audience
the temperance reform presents itself t
larger audience. 1t stands before the
audience of the press and appeals TO tina
splendid everybody that knows NOR,
than anybody. am glad to speak il
the name of the w. G. 7. q. who com,
with sunshine and faith as on-looking az
saint, not that they think they are saints
or any better than any body else, no
not that, but they have had glimpse O.
highest vison, have had a glimpse O
answered prayer.
We are not working just as we begun
We are not going to the saloon keeper
and saying, won't you please close YOU
saloon; while he only smiles and goes OF
with his satanic work.
We are learning what not to do. W.
think the results will show better further
on. We have learned from the
tactics of the energy. While they arr
busy brewing beer, we are busy brewing
public sentiment; while they are distill
ing whiskey, we are distilling ideas
while they are rectifying spirits, we ART
rectifying the spirits of humanity.
After the war made trip South, t.
see whether | could help to bridge til,
bloody chasm. But the South knew that
was an abolitionist. A Richmond
writer said, woman, Northern wo-
man, Northern temperance woman
what can she expect to do among us
Southerners?
But found they regarded place
across the street, a saloon, foe
Through my lectures they overlooked
all minor difficulties. They said "she
cares for temperance" and with this
spirit they joined heartily.
remember at Charleston a man lee
me forward on the stage as if / couldn't
60 all alone. by myself-so gentle he wa;
toward me. He was there called Bishor
Stephens, but learned he was the Col
Stephens who first fired at Fit. Sumpter
He said nothing to me, and | said moth
ing to him on that subject But he was
indeed shepherd and bishop to the coloreC
people there.
Bishop Stephens referred to the mean.
ing of W. G. I. U. said it was not
familiar to him as Y. M. C. A. or S. S..
but judging from the lecture ! take it tC
mean, We Come to Unite, and | hope
we may have the grit and grace to dc
that.
A saloon man in New York explained
w. C. I. U. The voting people had
resolved to gather up public sentiment
and condense it through the ballot, the
result was against the saloon interests.
Saloon keepers, No l and were talking
it over, and No said, ado you know
what w. C. T. U. means?". No 2 said
yes, "We'll see to you, and havn't they
done it thought" / am not as harsh
toward the individual saloon keeper as
formerly. There is doctrine, Hate the
sin and yet the sinner love. hold the
voter responsible.
Most saloon keepers are from foreign
nations not trained against drinking.
They come to America and see the chance
to make money; to stand behind the
bar is easy work, and there is the temp
tation to go into the business.
look with knowledge; from my point
of view, with my light, to keep saloon
would be to me the condemnation of a
murderer.
l was one winter in the temperance
work in Springfield Illinois. There |